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Native flowers or wildflowers occupy a special place in our gardens. They are naturally suited to conditions of soil and climate that we find ourselves in, whether too dry, too wet, too shady for many other garden flowers. Wildflowers have ample nectar and pollen to support pollinators that share the same ecosystem. Invite birds, butterflies and hummingbirds into your garden by growing these beautiful native flowers.

Silvery green narrow foliage complements the gorgeous sprays of coral flowers with contrasting rosy violet buds. The elegant spires of bloom and delicate foliage create a haze of color all summer and fall. Deadhead to continue ample bloom. Best in very well-drained soils with a gravel mulch. Avoid heavy clay soils for successful overwintering, and wait until earliest spring to cut back. Drought tolerant once established, water regularly the first year.

The name Agastache comes from the Greek aga, or numerous, and stachys, an ear of grain, an apt name for this floriferous tribe. This easy and rewarding Agastache has dark green flawless foliage emitting a potent lemony fragrance, plus lavender-blue flower spikes that draw bumblebees like kids to lollipops. Blooms mid-summer to fall.

This neat and tidy native Agastache has graceful wands of rose-pink waving over the gray-green foliage, a pleasing combination best shown off at the front of the border or in containers. The flowers are sweetly scented and full of nectar and pollen that draw native bees and butterflies. Well-drained soils required.

Plant this wildflower in masses and enjoy the fragrant blooms atop curvy gray-green foliage. Delicious chocolate scented yellow daisies bloom under the most austere conditions, making Berlandiera welcome in xeric gardens, dry slopes, and wildflower meadows. Shear after the first flush of bloom for a more compact rebloom. Native to Texas, it was first collected by botanist Jean-Louis Berlandier in the early 1800s.

An arresting golden-petaled coneflower with good fragrance, Ozark coneflower is native to Arkansas and Missouri, but rarely found today in ite native area. This deer resistant coneflower attracts butterflies and bees to its bristly dome-like centers all summer. Deadheading will promote further blooming; in later summer let flowers remain to ripen seed for birds.

Championed in the Victorian age along with many other grasses, native feather grass is a soft cloud of glistening bloom on top of delicate, silky stems. It adds lightness and movement to gardens, where it mingles beautifully with California poppy Apricot Chiffon and Agastache. It softens garden edges and grows well in containers, too, and fall turns the grass to shimmering gold. Invasive in California.

Planted by George Washington and admired as "a most elegant flowering plant," Texas Star has startlingly large luminous bright red flowers. This native will attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds, great in containers on the patio or in the back border. A perfect addition to a rain garden or alongside a stream or pond.

Native to eastern areas, blue lobelia was named by Linnaeus, who had heard of its use by Native Americans to cure venereal disease. While false, the name stuck. Used medicinally for colds and stomach troubles by Native people and colonists alike. The flowers cover the stout stems with bloom for over a month in late summer in moist soils. Lobelia attracts a wide array of beneficial insects and is one of the best choices for bumblebees.

A flounced skirt of chestnut petals edged in gold gather round the flower disk—a beaded column of sage green, studded with gold. Grey-green cut foliage catches the light, becoming a shimmering presence under the sun. Easy to grow in regular to dry soils, it naturalizes to create large drifts.

Mealycup sage is a mainstay of the summer garden, as it always looks fresh and perfectly presentable even in the most sultry of conditions. Native to Texas, the common name refers to the silvery felted calyces. This award winner has blue and white spikes of bloom that attract butterflies.

Native to southern areas of the US. Masses of brilliant red and occasionally yellow tubular flowers on tall stems. The foliage is needle-like. Grow in sandy, well-drained, sweet soil. Listed in an 1894 catalog. Self sows. Biennial to short lived perennial, often grown as an annual.